Benefits of Hair Transplant

 

Permanent remedies

There are some medicines and topical treatments that doctors recommend. However, these offer only temporary solutions. Techniques such as hair weaving can be suitable for people with mild hair loss. Hair transplantation is the technique of taking hair follicles from one part of a head (donor area where the hair is present) to the bald area (received area where individuals want hair to grow) surgically. Thus, it offers outcomes that are more permanent in nature. 

Enhanced appearance

People with low hair density or baldness complain of deteriorated self-confidence. Their self-esteem is lowered as they are not satisfied with their overall natural appearance. Although indirectly, it does affect their personal relationships as well as the performance at the workplace. In cases such as these, hair transplantation can help fill the patches of baldness naturally. Eventually, the individual feels more confident about themselves, both professionally and personally. 

Low maintenance

 It is a hidden benefit of undergoing a hair transplant procedure. With other methods, one has to use medicated shampoos or conditioners or visit a stylist regularly. All these contribute to an added cost of maintenance. Also, this maintenance cost has to be borne round the year. Hence, hair transplantation offers a one-time solution. The doctors only attend to the affected areas. This results in the natural growth of hair follicles. More importantly, the patient doesn’t have to use special shampoos or conditioners to maintain hair density. 

Natural-looking

The results of a perfect hair transplantation procedure look exactly like the original natural hair of the patient. In this treatment, the original hair follicles of an individual are taken and then treated. Hence, when these are taken and implanted, they look exactly the same. 

Cost-Effective Than Other Options

Other hair restoration techniques tend to be expensive. Gladly, the hair transplant technique is absolutely cost-effective than other options. The main reason being that the patient has to bear the costs only one time that is during the surgery. Furthermore, this also includes the medicines, painkillers prescribed by the doctor. 

 

Procedure of Hair Transplant

The doctor uses anesthesia- general or local- before starting the procedure. Other than a prick of the needle, the patient is not supposed to feel anything. 

 

Follicular Unit Transplantation- This is the conventional technique of hair transplantation. In FUT,  the doctor takes a strip of skin with hair follicles from the donor area. These follicles are then separated into individual hair follicles. To finish it off, the doctor implants these grafts into the holes made in the receiving area.

 

Follicular Unit Extraction- FUE is similar to FUT except for one thing. While in FUT, doctors take a strip of hair follicles and places it, in FUE the doctor takes a patch of skin from the donor area.

 

Direct Hair Implantation- This is the most advanced method of hair transplantation. In the DHI, there are neither any cuts or incisions. Instead, the doctor uses a pen-like instrument known as Choi to remove the hair and insert hair follicles in the transplanted area.